OK Dinghy World Championship in Warnemünde - Day 2
by Robert Deaves 11 Jul 2018 18:42 BST
10-14 July 2018
The 2018 OK Dinghy World Championship in Warnemünde, Germany continued Wednesday with two more races sailed in an unstable 8-12 knots, and damp conditions. Former world champion Andre Budzien, from Germany took a one point lead at the top from Fredrik Lööf and Jan Kurfeld. Each won a race in their groups, while Jim Hunt took the other group win.
It was always looking like the wettest day of the week, though the much forecast strong winds failed to materialise. In the end it was mildly damp on the water with more rain before and after racing than during. After brilliant conditions on Tuesday, this was another side of Baltic weather, grey and wet.
The first set of groups races both got away with no problems. In the yellow group, Kurfeld picked up where he left off on Tuesday with a confident race win. He was pushed hard by Hunt and Charlie Cumbley, and both races featured these three at the front. Hunt took the second race after finding a favourable shift on the final short beat to the finish to pass both Kurfeld and Cumbley.
In the blue group, there were also three sailors dominating the racing. Lööf was the early leader in the first race, holding a narrow lead over Budzien until the final downwind. Budzien took the gun with Bo Petersen not very far behind in third. The second race took along time to get away as approaching clouds briugh rain and windshifts. Several times the start was postponed, but when it finally got away, Lööf took one back to win from Budzien, with Petersen again third.
The trio of Budzien, Lööf and Kurfeld are beginning to build a small gap on the fleet. It is only four points at the moment, but once the final series begins on Friday, every point will be crucial.
Cumbley said, “The forecast was for more wind but we had two races in light to medium wind of about 8-14 knots and pretty shifty. I got two seconds in a reasonably tough group, so steady, and still in it. I think that there are still some people putting in some good scores consistently, so it will be tough to get back from yesterday’s slightly deeper results but all still to play for I’d say.”
Hunt scored a third and first to move up to sixth overall.
“My day was damp. Damp…and a lot better than normal actually. I could get away with doing a bit of perching, so I was reasonably quick.”
“I managed to sneak the last one. I was a bit slow downwind but on the last beat Jan [Kurfeld] went right and let us loose. Charlie tacked off and then back to him and I went fairly far left and got into a nice little shift, not that I was looking for it but I was lucky they went the other way and I just took a chance and just got across them both. If Charlie hadn’t been there I wouldn’t have got away with it. So it was a good day. I’ll take it.”
Steve Wilson, from Australia is sailing at his first OK Dinghy worlds outside Australia and is relishing the experience.
“I have been in and out of the class, but back in for the last three and a half years. It’s my first time to Europe and I’m thoroughly enjoying it.”
He is currently in 54th after picking up his best result, a 15th, in the first race today.
On the event he said, “This is fantastic. I have never raced anything like it in my entire life. I’ve been sailing since I was age 5 and racing since I was 9 or 10, and never sailed in any fleet quite like it. There are people from all over the world, with different abilities and different sailing skills and they are all fantastic sailors.”
“It’s absolutely fantastic sailing against this calibre fleet. It’s a great boat for that and I thoroughly enjoy sailing it. The people, the camaraderie, everyone helps everyone else, the social side of it, everyone is very welcoming and hospitable.”
“It’s a real pleasure of a class to sail and I recommend it highly to anybody.”
Racing in the opening series is scheduled to conclude on Thursday with two more races starting at 12.00. On Friday and Saturday four more races are scheduled for the Final series.
Results after day 2:
Pos | Sail No | Helm | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
1 | GER 71 | Andrè BUDZIEN | SYC | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
2 | SWE 69 | Fredrik LOOF | ksss | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
3 | GER 18 | Jan KURFELD | YCW 61 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
4 | DEN 1507 | Bo PETERSEN | Hellerup Sejlklub | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
5 | GBR 6 | Charlie CUMBLEY | Warsash SC | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
6 | GBR 11 | Jim HUNT | South Staffs sailing Club | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
7 | SWE 100 | Thomas HANSSON-MILD | SS Kaparen | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
8 | NOR 428 | Lars Johan BRODTKORB | HORT | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
9 | POL 1 | Tomasz GAJ | 05-090 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
10 | GER 77 | Sönke BEHRENS | SCOE | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
11 | SWE 797 | Mats CAAP | Varbergs SS | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
12 | NZL 582 | Greg WILCOX | BERND.eV | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
13 | GER 803 | Martin V ZIMMERMANN | SCOE | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 31 |
14 | GBR 69 | Terry CURTIS | Castle Cove SC | 13 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 |
15 | NZL 573 | Luke GOWER | Datchet Water | 4 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 35 |
16 | DEN 10 | Jens LAUGE | Hellerup Sejlklub | 21 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 45 |
17 | SWE 139 | Hans BÖRJESSON | Varbergs SS | 19 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
18 | GER 5 | Ralf TIETJE | SVG | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 46 |
19 | GER 792 | Lars HAVERLAND | SYC | 11 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 49 |
20 | GER 2 | Gunter ARNDT | FYC | 9 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 50 |
21 | POL 14 | Pawel PAWLACZYK | JKW P | 10 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 51 |
22 | AUS 768 | Mark JACKSON | Black Rock Yacht Club | 6 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 54 |
23 | SWE 59 | Lars EDWALL | LBS | 11 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 54 |
24 | GBR 17 | David BOURNE | rya | 14 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 54 |
25 | DEN 22 | Ask ASKHOLM | Svendborg Sunds Sejlklub | 15 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 61 |
26 | GBR 13 | Alex SCOLES | Overy Staithe | 17 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 64 |
27 | DEN 1510 | Jan Hempel SPARSØ | Middelfart Sejlklub | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 72 |
28 | SWE 2846 | Jonas BÖRJESSON | KSSS | 18 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 73 |
29 | DEN 1477 | Jørgen HOLM | Sejlklubben Ebeltoft Vig | 19 | 14 | 26 | 14 | 73 |
30 | GBR 2179 | Tony WOODS | Glossop S.C | 25 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 74 |
31 | DEN 12 | Morten ANDERSEN | Middelfart Sejlklub | 13 | 15 | 28 | 22 | 78 |
32 | DEN 1487 | Henrik KOFOED | Hellerup Sejlklub | 24 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 80 |
33 | GER 775 | Jörg RADEMACHER | SCST | 16 | 14 | 27 | 27 | 84 |
34 | AUS 754 | Brent WILLIAMS | Adelaide Sailing Club | 7 | 27 | 32 | 20 | 86 |
35 | POL 7 | Marek BERNAT | KKSWO | 25 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 87 |
36 | GER 823 | Karsten KRAUS | WUW | 26 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 90 |
37 | DEN 1509 | Peter WIBROE | Solrød Strans Sejl Klub | 17 | 19 | 25 | 30 | 91 |
38 | GER 7 | Andreas PICH | LYC | 34 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 93 |
39 | AUS 719 | Glenn WILLIAMS | Big River Sailing Club | 23 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 94 |
40 | GER 789 | Ingo BALLERSTEIN | SCOE | 14 | 16 | 37 | 27 | 94 |
41 | DEN 1433 | Henrik KIMMER PETERSEN | AAHBB | 27 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 95 |
42 | NED 673 | Stephan VELDMAN | WVA | 31 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 96 |
43 | GBR 44 | Chris TURNER | Lyme Regis SC | 12 | 72 | 10 | 4 | 98 |
44 | GBR 28 | Anthony OSMAN | Parkstone yacht club | 41 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 98 |
45 | GER 75 | Dirk DAME | SVM | 22 | 21 | 41 | 17 | 101 |
46 | GBR 95 | Duncan ELLIS | Overy Staithe SC | 20 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 102 |
47 | GBR 2176 | Keith BYERS | Morecambe Sailing Club | 22 | 23 | 13 | 45 | 103 |
48 | GER 690 | Carsten SASS | ZSK | 33 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 104 |
49 | DEN 1431 | Joe SCHUBERT | Horsens Sejlklub | 31 | 10 | 33 | 31 | 105 |
50 | GER 731 | Thomas GLAS | SSC | 26 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 107 |
51 | GER 3 | Wolfgang HÖFENER | SVH | 12 | 72 | 12 | 12 | 108 |
52 | SWE 99 | Hans ELKJAER | VaSS | 16 | 26 | 23 | 43 | 108 |
53 | GER 715 | Sven BEYE | SSC | 23 | 25 | 19 | 43 | 110 |
54 | AUS 741 | Steve WILSON | Black Rock Yacht Club | 32 | 35 | 15 | 29 | 111 |
55 | SWE 2809 | Tomas SKEPPMARK | KBS | 28 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 112 |
56 | GER 81 | Jan-Dietmar DELLAS | SLRV | 10 | 19 | 45 | 39 | 113 |
57 | GER 12 | Stefan RASSAU | DYC | 27 | 31 | 42 | 16 | 116 |
58 | GER 225 | Jan DISSEL | SGSP | 28 | 28 | 17 | 44 | 117 |
59 | GER 9 | Andreas DEUBEL | HSC | 29 | 40 | 30 | 21 | 120 |
60 | GER 111 | Rainer HAACKS | FSD | 36 | 35 | 20 | 30 | 121 |
61 | GBR 2183 | Richard BURTON | West Oxfordshire SC | 9 | 6 | 72 | 36 | 123 |
62 | GER 22 | Dirk GERICKE | SGE | 29 | 39 | 39 | 18 | 125 |
63 | AUS 77 | Shane SMITH | SYC | 35 | 38 | 30 | 22 | 125 |
64 | POL 44 | Przemyslaw DROZDZIK | PL | 30 | 24 | 40 | 33 | 127 |
65 | GER 809 | Axel FISCHER | RCTT | 37 | 32 | 35 | 25 | 129 |
66 | GER 11 | Rainer POSPIECH | VSW | 20 | 24 | 18 | 72 | 134 |
67 | AUS 735 | Daen DORAZIO | Black Rock Yacht Club | 39 | 29 | 43 | 23 | 134 |
68 | DEN 1508 | Thomas Olufsen MEYER | Haderslev Sejl-Club | 36 | 42 | 26 | 34 | 138 |
69 | DEN 1407 | Malte PEDERSEN | Royal Danish yacht club | 24 | 72 | 21 | 28 | 145 |
70 | GBR 8 | Tom LONSDALE | West Oxford SC | 46 | 45 | 22 | 32 | 145 |
71 | NZL 565 | Simon PROBERT | Wakatere Boating Club | 32 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 147 |
72 | POL 19 | Grzegorz SALAMON | K2 Horn Krakow | 43 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 147 |
73 | GER 21 | Holger KRASMANN | YCH | 37 | 34 | 31 | 46 | 148 |
74 | GER 781 | Stefan HAAGE | WYC | 30 | 33 | 38 | 48 | 149 |
75 | GER 8 | Ronald FOEST | DRS | 53 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 150 |
76 | GER 777 | Jörg SYLVESTER | SSC | 41 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 151 |
77 | DEN 1442 | Peter HEIDE | Svendborg Sunds Sejlklub | 72 | 18 | 37 | 28 | 155 |
78 | AUS 692 | Bob BUCHANAN | Huon Yacht Club | 33 | 36 | 38 | 48 | 155 |
79 | GER 757 | Falk HAGEMANN | SWS | 38 | 33 | 48 | 39 | 158 |
80 | AUS 740 | Richard FURNEAUX | Black Rock YV | 34 | 31 | 44 | 51 | 160 |
81 | GBR 2188 | Ian HOPWOOD | Nantwich | 21 | 72 | 33 | 41 | 167 |
82 | FRA 1820 | Dejugnat JULIEN | 16002 | 43 | 72 | 29 | 26 | 170 |
83 | GER 821 | Jochen LOLLERT | YCH | 54 | 32 | 44 | 44 | 174 |
84 | NED 669 | Sybren HORNSTRA | KWVS | 44 | 41 | 50 | 40 | 175 |
85 | DEN 1482 | Tim NORMANN | Herslev Strand Sejlklub | 42 | 40 | 48 | 45 | 175 |
86 | GER 607 | Gerd BREITBART | SCOE | 47 | 51 | 46 | 33 | 177 |
87 | GER 820 | Heinz RIDDER | SVPB | 48 | 47 | 34 | 53 | 182 |
88 | GER 812 | Michael MÖCKEL | ASVZR | 38 | 72 | 41 | 32 | 183 |
89 | DEN 1392 | Poul VINCENTS | Herslev Strand Sejlklub | 48 | 39 | 49 | 47 | 183 |
90 | AUS 759 | Elizabeth WILLIAMS | Southport Yacht Club | 49 | 46 | 47 | 42 | 184 |
91 | AUS 727 | Donald WILLIAMS | Black Rock Yacht Club | 40 | 41 | 53 | 54 | 188 |
92 | AUS 767 | Glenn YATES | South Lake Macquarie Amateur Sailing Club | 44 | 48 | 52 | 46 | 190 |
93 | GER 751 | Knut RAMIN | CKA | 52 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 193 |
94 | SWE 55 | Ulf SAHLE | GeSS | 46 | 72 | 40 | 37 | 195 |
95 | GBR 18 | Deryck LOVEGROVE | Burghfield | 42 | 42 | 55 | 56 | 195 |
96 | GER 746 | Julius RAITHEL | SVWS | 52 | 37 | 36 | 72 | 197 |
97 | DEN 1505 | Peter PLESNER | Svendborg Sunds Sejlklub | 45 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 198 |
98 | GBR 68 | Rodney TIDD | Overy Staithe Sailing Club | 51 | 52 | 49 | 47 | 199 |
99 | GER 79 | Frank STRELOW | SLS | 35 | 25 | 72 | 72 | 204 |
100 | DEN 1458 | Søren SIGURDSSON | Herslev Strand Sejlklub | 53 | 43 | 55 | 53 | 204 |
101 | AUS 706 | Erik THOMPSON | Southport Yacht Club | 55 | 50 | 45 | 55 | 205 |
102 | NZL 569 | Phil COVENY | Wakatere Boating Club | 50 | 53 | 54 | 49 | 206 |
103 | DEN 1424 | Henrik HAMANN | Birkerød Sejlklub | 72 | 72 | 43 | 23 | 210 |
104 | GER 767 | Juliane HOFMANN | BERND | 72 | 72 | 29 | 37 | 210 |
105 | GER 695 | Erik BORK | SSCRA | 39 | 29 | 72 | 72 | 212 |
106 | NED 667 | Hessel HOEKSTRA | kwv Langweer | 72 | 72 | 32 | 41 | 217 |
107 | GER 178 | Axel PROPP | RSC | 49 | 72 | 50 | 50 | 221 |
108 | SWE 7 | Bengt LARSSON | SSKA | 72 | 72 | 58 | 20 | 222 |
109 | DEN 1419 | Henri SKOU | Horsens Sejlklub | 72 | 72 | 42 | 38 | 224 |
110 | DEN 666 | Peter ZEILER | Svendborg Sunds Sejlklub | 72 | 72 | 46 | 35 | 225 |
111 | GER 784 | Claus STOCKHARDT | SSCP | 50 | 72 | 51 | 52 | 225 |
112 | DEN 1484 | Olof STENSTRÖM | Hellerup Sejlklub | 51 | 72 | 51 | 51 | 225 |
113 | SWE 2791 | Roine ERICSON | KSSS | 45 | 72 | 56 | 58 | 231 |
114 | GBR 63 | Brian QUAYLE | MS&CC | 54 | 72 | 54 | 54 | 234 |
115 | GBR 2080 | Paul PIKE | Covenham SC | 56 | 72 | 57 | 57 | 242 |
116 | GER 567 | Jan BECKMANN | SVPB | 72 | 72 | 53 | 49 | 246 |
117 | DEN 1417 | Ingo GRIEM | KBL | 72 | 72 | 56 | 55 | 255 |
118 | DEN 1463 | Lars ANDRESEN | Herslev Strand Sejlklub | 40 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 256 |
119 | GER 686 | Jaroslaw SOLTYS | HSC | 47 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 263 |
120 | GER 539 | Uli BORCHERS | SCST | 55 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 271 |
121 | DEN 142 | Jørgen LINDHARDTSEN | Hellerup Sejlklub | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | DEN 1485 | Johan BJØRLING | Hellerup Sejlklub | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | DEN 1499 | Anders GERHARDT-HANSEN | Svendborg Sunds Sejlklub | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | DEN 15 | Stig FRANDSEN | KBL | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | DEN 2 | Jens Christian JURLANDER | 45 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | DEN 20 | Jesper HOEJER | Hellerup Sejlklub | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | DEN 3 | Jørgen SVENDSEN | Hellerup Sejlklub | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | DEN 77 | Jesper STRANDBERG | Herslev Strand Sejlklub | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | GBR 59 | Andy OSMAN | Parkstone Yacht Club | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | GER 10 | Christian HEINZE | SCV | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | GER 13 | Frederik ROENTGEN | SSC | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | GER 24 | Karsten KATH | SCGMS | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | GER 36 | Klaus ROCHOLL | LYC | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | GER 4 | Lutz BOGUHN | FSC | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | GER 788 | Jessica FINKE | SKM | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | NED 638 | Sipke HOEKSTRA | wsvw | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | POL 4 | Radek DROZDZIK | DRYF | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | SWE 15 | Mats HOVDE | GKSS | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | SWE 2849 | Sverker HÄRD | Upsala SS | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | SWE 60 | Per WESTLUND | Norrköpings SS | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |
121 | SWE 80 | Arne MALM | 2018 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 288 |